Lost Signal Brewing Co. opens in Springfield, Missouri

Lost Signal Brewing Co. opened last week in Springfield, Missouri, making it the fourth microbrewery in the city and the second on Springfield's Route 66. Lost Signal opened Valentine's Day at 610 W. College St. (aka Route 66) in a building that once housed the KICK radio station, hence its name, reported the Springfield News-Leader. … Continue reading Lost Signal Brewing Co. opens in Springfield, Missouri

New microbrewery opening in Springfield, Missouri

The Route 66 town of Springfield, Missouri, later this year will open its fourth microbrewery in a site that once was one of the region's big radio stations. Lost Signal Brewing Co. will open at 610 W. College St. (aka Route 66), reported the Springfield News-Leader. Named because the 3,200-square-foot building it will occupy was … Continue reading New microbrewery opening in Springfield, Missouri

Old gas station will be converted into a barbershop

A reputed former Sinclair gas station in Springfield, Missouri, soon will reopen as a barbershop and waxing studio later this fall, reported the News-Leader newspaper. The station is just a few hundred feet south of the College Street alignment of Route 66. Dacy and Ryan Mulcahy agreed to buy the station at 640 W. Walnut … Continue reading Old gas station will be converted into a barbershop

Springfield tunnel once was part of a brewery

Last week, workers clearing land for the future site of a Route 66-themed park on College Street in Springfield, Missouri, found a series of underground rooms that probably were at least a century old. This week, media outlets -- including the Springfield News-Leader -- found the tunnel once was part of the Springfield Brewing Co. … Continue reading Springfield tunnel once was part of a brewery